U.S. patent application number 10/143154 was filed with the patent office on 2002-12-12 for data recovery circuit and method thereof.
This patent application is currently assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. Invention is credited to Chung, Bong-Young, Kim, Suk-ki, Lee, Jae-Shin.
Application Number | 20020186087 10/143154 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 19710640 |
Filed Date | 2002-12-12 |
United States Patent
Application |
20020186087 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Kim, Suk-ki ; et
al. |
December 12, 2002 |
Data recovery circuit and method thereof
Abstract
A data recovery circuit and a method thereof, which are capable
of reducing locking time and jitter, are provided. The data
recovery circuit includes a frequency-locked loop, a locking
detector, a delay-locked loop, and a data determination circuit.
The frequency-locked loop locks the frequency of an internal clock
signal fed back thereto in response to an input signal with the
frequency of the input signal and generates a frequency locking
signal representing that the input signal is frequency-locked with
the internal clock signal. The locking detector determines whether
the frequency of the internal clock signal is in a predetermined
frequency range of the input signal in response to the frequency
locking signal and generates a phase control signal. The
delay-locked loop is controlled by the phase control signal, locks
the phase of the internal clock signal with the phase of the input
signal, and generates a recovery locking signal. The data
determination circuit receives the recovery locking signal as a
clock signal, receives the input signal in response to the clock
signal, and outputs the input signal as output data.
Inventors: |
Kim, Suk-ki; (Seoul, KR)
; Lee, Jae-Shin; (Anyang-city, KR) ; Chung,
Bong-Young; (Seongnam-city, KR) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Steven M. Mills
MILLS & ONELLO LLP
Suite 605
Eleven Beacon Street
Boston
MA
02108
US
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Assignee: |
Samsung Electronics Co.,
Ltd.
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Family ID: |
19710640 |
Appl. No.: |
10/143154 |
Filed: |
May 10, 2002 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
331/100 |
Current CPC
Class: |
H03L 7/095 20130101;
H03L 7/0814 20130101; H03L 7/07 20130101; H04L 7/0037 20130101;
H04L 7/033 20130101; H03L 7/089 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
331/100 |
International
Class: |
H03L 007/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Jun 11, 2001 |
KR |
2001-32496 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A data recovery circuit comprising: a frequency-locked loop
which locks the frequency of an internal clock signal fed back into
the frequency-locked loop in response to an input signal with the
frequency of the input signal and generates a frequency locking
signal representing that the internal clock signal is
frequency-locked with the input signal; a locking detector which
determines whether the frequency of the internal clock signal is in
a predetermined frequency range of the input signal in response to
the frequency locking signal and generates a phase control signal;
a delay-locked loop controlled by the phase control signal which
locks the phase of the internal clock signal with the phase of the
input signal and generates a recovery locking signal; and a data
determination circuit which receives the recovery locking signal as
a clock signal and receives the input signal in response to the
clock signal, and outputs the input signal as output data.
2. The data recovery circuit of claim 1, wherein the
frequency-locked loop comprises: a frequency detector which
compares the frequency of the input signal with the frequency of
the internal clock signal, detects the frequency difference between
the input signal and the internal clock signal, and generates the
frequency locking signal; a charge pump which is charged or
discharged in response to the output of the frequency detector; a
low-pass filter which removes a high-frequency component from the
output signal of the charge pump and generates a control voltage;
and an oscillator which generates the internal clock signal in
response to the control voltage, compares the frequency of the
internal clock signal with the frequencies of the input signal at
rising and falling edges, and detects the frequency difference
between the internal clock signal and the input signal.
3. The data recovery circuit of claim 1, wherein a lock window of
the locking detector has hysteresis characteristics in order to
prevent the frequency-locked loop from deviating from a locked
state.
4. The data recovery circuit of claim 1, wherein the delay-locked
loop comprises: a delay line which receives the internal clock
signal, delays the internal clock signal for a predetermined time,
and generates the recovery locking signal; a middle delay line
which receives the input signal, delays the input signal for a
predetermined time, and generates a middle input signal; a phase
detector which compares the phase of the middle input signal with
the phase of the recovery locking signal, detects the phase
difference between the middle input signal and the recovery locking
signal, and generates at least one of a first move signal and a
second move signal; and a shift resister which controls the delay
time of the delay line in response to the at least one of the first
and second move signals.
5. The data recovery circuit of claim 4, wherein the phase detector
compares the phase of the recovery locking signal with the phases
of the middle input signal at rising and falling edges and detects
the phase difference between the recovery locking signal and the
middle input signal.
6. The data recovery circuit of claim 4, wherein the phase detector
comprises: a first flip-flop which receives the middle input signal
as a clock signal, receives the recovery locking signal in response
to the clock signal, and outputs the recovery locking signal; a
first buffer which delays the recovery locking signal for a
predetermined time; a second flip-flop which receives the middle
input signal as a clock signal, receives the output signal of the
first buffer in response to the clock signal, and outputs the
output signal of the first buffer; a first logical AND means which
performs a logical AND operation on the output signal of the first
flip-flop and the output signal of the second flip-flop and
generates the first move signal; and a second logical AND means
which performs a logical AND operation on an inverted signal of the
output signal of the first flip-flop and an inverted signal of the
output signal of the second flip-flop and generates the second move
signal.
7. The data recovery circuit of claim 6, wherein the first buffer
has the same delay time as a unit delay device existing in the
delay line.
8. The data recovery circuit of claim 4, wherein the first move
signal reduces the delay time of the delay line by controlling the
shift register, and the second move signal increases the delay time
of the delay line by controlling the shift register.
9. The data recovery circuit of claim 4, wherein the first move
signal increases the delay time of the delay line by controlling
the shift register and the second move signal decreases the delay
time of the delay line by controlling the shift register.
10. A data recovery method of a data recovery circuit including a
frequency-locked loop and a delay-locked loop, the method
comprising: (a) locking the frequency of an internal clock signal
fed back into the frequency-locked loop in response to an input
signal with the frequency of an input signal and generating a
frequency locking signal representing that the internal clock
signal is frequency-locked with the input signal; (b) determining
whether the frequency of the internal clock signal is in a
predetermined frequency range of the input signal in response to
the frequency locking signal and generating a phase control signal;
(c) receiving the input signal and the internal clock signal in
response to the phase controlled signal and locking the phase of
the internal clock signal with the phase of the input signal and
generating a recovery locking signal; and (d) receiving the
recovery locking signal as a clock signal, receiving the input
signal in response to the clock signal, and outputting the input
signal as output data.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein step (a) comprises: (a1)
comparing the frequency of the input signal with the frequency of
the internal clock signal, detecting the frequency difference
between the input signal and the internal clock signal, and
generating the frequency locking signal; (a2) increasing or
decreasing charge in response to the output of the (al) step and
generating a charge signal; (a3) removing a high-frequency
component from the charge signal and generating a control voltage;
and (a4) generating the internal clock signal to be
frequency-locked with the input signal in response to the control
voltage, wherein, in step (a1), the frequency of the internal clock
signal is compared with the frequency of the input signal at rising
and falling edges and the frequency difference is detected.
12 The method of claim 10, wherein in step (b), a frequency range,
within which the phase control signal is generated, has hysteresis
characteristics in order to prevent the frequency-locked loop from
deviating from a locked state.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein step (c) comprises: (c1)
generating the recovery locking signal by receiving the internal
clock signal and delaying the internal clock signal for a
predetermined time; (c2) generating a middle input signal by
receiving the input signal and delaying the input signal for a
predetermined time; (c3) comparing the phase of the middle input
signal with the phase of the recovery locking signal, and
generating at least one of a first move signal and a second move
signal; and (c4) generating a shift signal for controlling the
extent to which the internal clock signal is delayed in response to
the at least one of the first and second move signal.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein in step (c3), the phase of the
recovery locking signal is compared with the phases of the middle
input signal at rising and falling edges.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein step (c3) comprises: (c31)
receiving the middle input signal as a clock signal, receiving the
recovery locking signal in response to the clock signal, and
outputting the recovery locking signal; (c32) delaying the recovery
locking signal for a predetermined time; (c33) receiving the middle
input signal as a clock signal, receiving the recovery locking
signal delayed for the predetermined time in response to the clock
signal, and outputting the delayed recovery locking signal; (c34)
generating the first move signal by performing a logic AND
operation on the output signal of step (c31) and the output signal
of step (c33); and (c35) generating the second move signal by
performing a logical AND operation on an inverted signal of the
output signal of step (c31) and an inverted signal of the output
signal of step (c33).
16. The method of claim 13, wherein the first move signal reduces
the delay time of the delay line by controlling the shift register
and the second move signal increases the delay time of the delay
line by controlling the shift register.
17. The method of claim 13, wherein the first move signal reduces
the delay time of the delay line by controlling the shift register
and the second move signal increases the delay time of the delay
line by controlling the shift register.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to data communication, and
more particularly, to a circuit and method for recovering data and
a clock signal in a receiver in a data transmission system.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] Conventionally, phase-locked loops (PLL) are widely used to
recover clock signals from data received at a receiving end of a
data communication or transmission system and then extract and
recover the data using the recovered clock signals. Clock signal
and data recovery circuits like PLLs are required to have a short
locking time and low jitter and skew so as to reduce a bit error
rate (BER).
[0005] To meet these demands, data recovery circuits having a dual
loop structure including a frequency-locked loop (FLL) and a
phase-locked loop (PLL) are generally used. Data recovery circuits
having such a structure perform frequency locking of signals
through the use of the frequency-locked loop first and then perform
phase locking of signals through the use of the phase-locked
loop.
[0006] However, the conventional data recovery circuits have a few
drawbacks. Specifically, the frequency-locked loop (FLL) or the
phase-locked loop (PLL) uses a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO),
which introduces significant noise caused by power supplies or
heat. The noise of the voltage controlled oscillator VCO cannot be
removed from the output of the phase-locked loop and acts as
jitter. This problem can be slightly alleviated by decreasing the
gain of the phase-locked loop, but if the gain of the phase-locked
loop is reduced, the locking time increases considerably.
[0007] In addition, in order to decrease the locking time in the
data recovery circuit having the dual loop structure, the frequency
range of the phase-locked loop having a low response speed must be
reduced by increasing the resolution of the frequency-locked loop
and reducing errors, which may occur during frequency locking, to
the minimum.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] To solve the above-described problems, it is a first object
of the present invention to provide a data recovery circuit and
method which simultaneously reduce jitter and locking time.
[0009] Accordingly, to achieve the first object, there is provided
a data recovery circuit including a frequency-locked loop, a
locking detector, a delay-locked loop, and a data determination
circuit. The frequency-locked loop locks the frequency of an
internal clock signal fed back into the frequency-locked loop in
response to an input signal with the frequency of the input signal
and generates a frequency locking signal representing that the
internal clock signal is frequency-locked with the input signal.
The locking detector determines whether not the frequency of the
internal clock signal is in a predetermined frequency range of the
input signal in response to the frequency locking signal and
generates a phase control signal. The delay-locked loop is
controlled by the phase control signal and locks the phase of the
internal clock signal with the phase of the input signal and
generates a recovery locking signal. The data determination circuit
receives the recovery locking signal as a clock signal and receives
the input signal in response to the clock signal, and outputs the
input signal as output data.
[0010] In one embodiment, the frequency-locked loop includes a
frequency detector, a charge pump, a low-pass filter and an
oscillator. The frequency-locked loop compares the frequency of the
input signal with the frequency of the internal clock signal,
detects the frequency difference between the input signal and the
internal clock signal, and generates the frequency locking signal.
The charge pump is charged or discharged in response to the output
of the frequency detector. The low-pass filter removes a
high-frequency component from the output signal of the charge pump
and generates a control voltage. The oscillator generates the
internal clock signal in response to the control voltage, compares
the frequency of the internal clock signal with the frequencies of
the input signal at rising and falling edges, and detects the
frequency difference between the internal clock signal and the
input signal.
[0011] In one embodiment, a lock window of the locking detector has
hysteresis characteristics in order to prevent the frequency-locked
loop from deviating from a locked state.
[0012] In one embodiment, the delay-locked loop includes a delay
line, a middle delay line, a phase detector and a shift register.
The delay line receives the internal clock signal, delays the
internal clock signal for a predetermined time, and generates the
recovery locking signal. The middle delay line receives the input
signal, delays the input signal for a predetermined time, and
generates a middle input signal. The phase detector compares the
phase of the middle input signal with the phase of the recovery
locking signal, detects the phase difference between the middle
input signal and the recovery locking signal, and generates at
least one of a first move signal and a second move signal. The
resister controls the delay time of the delay line in response to
the at least one of the first and second move signals. In one
embodiment, the phase detector compares the phase of the recovery
locking signal with the phases of the middle input signal at rising
and falling edges and detects the phase difference between the
recovery locking signal and the middle input signal. In one
embodiment, the phase detector includes a first flip-flop which
receives the middle input signal as a clock signal, receives the
recovery locking signal in response to the clock signal, and
outputs the recovery locking signal; a first buffer which delays
the recovery locking signal for a predetermined time; a second
flip-flop which receives the middle input signal as a clock signal,
receives the output signal of the first buffer in response to the
clock signal, and outputs the output signal of the first buffer; a
first logical AND means which performs a logical AND operation on
the output signal of the first flip-flop and the output signal of
the second flip-flop and generates the first move signal; and a
second logical AND means which performs a logical AND operation on
an inverted signal of the output signal of the first flip-flop and
an inverted signal of the output signal of the second flip-flop and
generates the second move signal. The first buffer can have the
same delay time as a unit delay device existing in the delay
line.
[0013] In one embodiment, the first move signal reduces the delay
time of the delay line by controlling the shift register, and the
second move signal increases the delay time of the delay line by
controlling the shift register. In another embodiment, the first
move signal increases the delay time of the delay line by
controlling the shift register and the second move signal decreases
the delay time of the delay line by controlling the shift
register.
[0014] In another aspect of the invention, there is provided a data
recovery method of a data recovery circuit including a
frequency-locked loop and a delay-locked loop, the method
including: (a) locking the frequency of an internal clock signal
fed back into the frequency-locked loop in response to an input
signal with the frequency of an input signal and generating a
frequency locking signal representing that the internal clock
signal is frequency-locked with the input signal; (b) determining
whether the frequency of the internal clock signal is in a
predetermined frequency range of the input signal in response to
the frequency locking signal and generating a phase control signal;
receiving the input signal and the internal clock signal in
response to the phase controlled signal and locking the phase of
the internal clock signal with the phase of the input signal and
generating a recovery locking signal, locking the phase of the
internal clock signal with the phase of the input signal in
response to the input signal and the internal clock signal and
generating a recovery locking signal; and (d) receiving the
recovery locking signal as a clock signal, receiving the input
signal in response to the clock signal, and outputting the input
signal as output data.
[0015] Accordingly, the data recovery circuit and method according
to the present invention are capable of simultaneously reducing
jitter and locking time.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0016] The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of
the invention will be apparent from the more particular description
of a preferred embodiment of the invention, as illustrated in the
accompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer to
the same parts throughout the different views. The drawings are not
necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon
illustrating the principles of the invention.
[0017] FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram illustrating a data recovery
circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0018] FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the frequency-locked
loop shown in FIG. 1.
[0019] FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the delay-locked loop
shown in FIG. 1.
[0020] FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram illustrating the phase detector
shown in FIG. 3.
[0021] FIG. 5 is a timing diagram illustrating the operation of the
phase detector shown in FIG. 4.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0022] Referring to FIG. 1, a data recovery circuit 100 according
to an embodiment of the present invention includes a
frequency-locked loop 110, a locking detector 120, a delay-locked
loop 130, and a data determination circuit 140.
[0023] The frequency-locked loop 110 locks the frequency of an
internal clock signal INTCK with the frequency of an input signal
INS in response to the input signal INS and generates a frequency
locking signal FLS representing that the input signal INS is
frequency-locked with the internal clock signal INTCK. The locking
detector 120 determines whether the internal clock signal INTCK is
in a predetermined frequency range of the input signal INS in
response to the frequency locking signal FLS and generates a phase
control signal PCTRLS. The delay-locked loop 130 is controlled by
the phase control signal PCTRLS, phase-locks the internal clock
signal INTCK with the input signal INS in response to the input
signal INS and the internal clock signal INTCK, and generates a
recovery locking signal RLS. The data determination circuit 140
receives the recovery locking signal RLS as a clock signal CK,
receives the input signal INS in response to the clock signal CK,
and outputs the input signal INS as output data OUTDATA.
[0024] Referring to FIG. 2, the frequency-locked loop 110 includes
a frequency detector 210, a charge pump 220, a low-pass filter 230,
and an oscillator 240.
[0025] The frequency detector 210 compares the frequency of the
input signal INS with the frequency of the internal clock signal
INTCK, detects the frequency difference between the input signal
INS and the internal clock signal INTCK, and generates the
frequency locking signal FLS. In further detail, the frequency
detector 210 compares the frequencies of the input signal INS at
rising and falling edges with the frequency of the internal clock
signal INTCK and detects the frequency difference between the input
signal INS and the internal clock signal INTCK. The charge pump 220
is charged or discharged in response to the output of the frequency
detector 210. The low-pass filter 230 removes a high-frequency
component from the output signal of the charge pump 220 and
generates a control voltage. The oscillator 240 generates the
internal clock signal INTCK in response to the control voltage.
[0026] Hereinafter the operation and data recovery method of the
data recovery circuit 100 according to an embodiment of the present
invention will be described in greater detail with reference to
FIGS. 1 and 2.
[0027] The frequency-locked loop 110 in the data recovery circuit
100 locks the frequency of the internal clock signal INTCK, which
is fed back to the frequency-locked loop 110 in response to the
input signal INS, with the frequency of the input signal INS and
generates the frequency locking signal FLS representing that the
input signal INS is frequency-locked with the internal clock signal
INTCK.
[0028] Specifically, the frequency detector 210 in the
frequency-locked loop 110 measures the frequencies of the input
signal INS and the internal clock signal INTCK generated by the
oscillator 240, detects the frequency difference between the input
signal INS and the internal clock signal INTCK, and generates the
frequency locking signal FLS. In addition, the frequency detector
210 applies the frequency difference between the input signal INS
and the internal clock signal INTCK to the charge pump 220. The
low-pass filter 230 removes a high-frequency component from the
output signal of the charge pump 220 and generates a control
voltage. The control voltage is a direct current voltage. The
frequency of the internal clock signal INTCK generated in the
oscillator 240 is increased or decreased depending on the magnitude
of the control voltage and thus is locked with the frequency of the
input signal INS. That is, if the frequency of the internal clock
signal INTCK generated in the oscillator 240 is lower than the
frequency of the input signal INS, the control voltage of the
low-pass filter 230 increases in proportion to the frequency
difference between the internal clock signal and the input signal
INS. As a result, the frequency of the internal clock signal INTCK
is increased and thus is equal to the frequency of the input signal
INS.
[0029] Alternatively, if the frequency of the internal clock signal
generated in the oscillator 240 is higher than the frequency of the
input signal INS, the control voltage of the low-pass filter 230
decreases in proportion to the frequency difference between the
internal clock signal INTCK and the input signal INS. As a result,
the frequency of the internal clock signal INTCK is decreased and
thus is equal to the frequency of the input signal INS.
[0030] The frequency-locked loop 110 locks the frequency of the
internal clock signal INTCK with the frequency of the input signal
INS through such operations as described above. Here, the frequency
detector 210 may be designed using a dual edge trigger flip-flop,
in which case the resolution of the frequency detector 210 can be
enhanced because the frequency detector 210 detects a frequency
difference between the internal clock signal INTCK and the input
signal INS by comparing the frequency of the internal clock signal
INTCK with the frequencies of the input signal INS at rising and
falling edges.
[0031] The locking detector 120 receives the frequency locking
signal FLS representing that the input signal INS is locked with
the internal clock signal INTCK, determines whether or not the
frequency of the internal clock signal INTCK is in a predetermined
frequency range of the input signal INS, and generates the phase
control signal PCTRLS for controlling the operation of the
delay-locked loop 130.
[0032] If the frequency of the internal clock signal INTCK is in a
range of 5% of the frequency of the input signal INS, the locking
detector 120 determines that the internal clock signal INTCK is
locked with the input signal INS and generates the phase control
signal PCTRLS. The delay-locked loop 130 is turned on or off by the
phase control signal PCTRLS.
[0033] The locking detector 120 has a lock window with hysteresis
characteristics and thus prevents the frequency-locked loop 110
from deviating from a locked state. That is, even if the frequency
of the internal clock signal INTCK is beyond the lock window for a
period due to noise caused by a power supply or impulse noise with
the frequency-locked loop 110 locked, the frequency-locked loop 110
can be prevented from deviating from a locking state owing to the
hysteresis characteristics of the lock window.
[0034] The delay-locked loop 130 does not use an oscillator and
takes advantage of the delay characteristics of delay devices.
Thus, it is possible to reduce the locking time and output jitter.
In addition, during the use of the delay-locked loop 130, a phase
offset generated in a charge pump during phase locking after
frequency locking in a data recovery circuit demanding a wide
locking range, such as an optical storage system, acts as skew.
Thus, a problem with deterioration of the bit error rate of the
data recovery circuit can be overcome. The delay-locked loop 130
will be described greater in detail.
[0035] Referring to FIG. 3, the delay-locked loop 130 includes a
delay line 310, a middle delay line 320, a phase detector 330, and
a shift resister 340.
[0036] The delay line 310 receives the internal clock signal INTCK,
delays the internal clock signal for a predetermined time, and
generates the recovery locking signal RLS. The middle delay line
320 receives the input signal INS, delays the input signal for a
predetermined time, and generates a middle input signal MDINS. The
phase detector 330 compares the phase of the middle input signal
MDINS with the phase of the recovery locking signal RLS, detects
the phase difference between the middle input signal MDINS and the
recovery locking signal RLS, and generates a first move signal SL
or a second move signal SR. The shift resister 340 controls the
delay time of the delay line 310 in response to the first or second
move signal SL or SR.
[0037] The operation of the delay-locked loop 130 will be described
in greater detail with reference to FIG. 3.
[0038] The delay line 310 includes a plurality of delay devices
(not shown) and delays the internal clock signal INTCK. The middle
delay line 320 includes a plurality of delay devices and, in one
embodiment, the number of delay devices is equivalent to half of
the number of the delay devices constituting the delay line 310.
Accordingly, if the total delay time of the delay line 310 is
referred to as T, the middle input signal MDINS is generated by
delaying the input signal INS for T/2. Since the recovery locking
signal RLS is locked with the middle input signal MDINS, the middle
delay line 320 helps the delay-locked loop 130 begin to lock the
internal clock signal INTCK with the input signal in a state where
the internal clock signal INTCK is delayed for T/2 by the delay
line 310.
[0039] The phase detector 330 detects the phase difference between
the middle input signal MDINS and the recovery locking signal RLS.
If the phase of the internal clock signal INTCK leads the phase of
the middle input signal MDINS, the phase detector 330 allows the
internal clock signal INTCK pass through a greater number of delay
devices in the delay line 310 before it is output. If the phase of
the internal clock signal lags the phase of the middle input signal
MDINS, the phase detector 330 allows the internal clock signal
INTCK pass through fewer delay devices of the delay line 310 before
it is output.
[0040] In the delay-locked loop 130, the output jitter has a
magnitude equivalent to the delay time of each of the delay devices
(or a unit delay device) in the delay line 310. Thus, as the delay
time of each of the delay devices (or the unit delay device) is
decreased, the output jitter becomes smaller. However, if the delay
time of each of the delay devices (or the unit delay device) is
reduced, the locking range of the whole phase is also reduced, and
this problem must be taken into consideration first when designing
a delay-locked loop.
[0041] Referring to FIG. 4, the phase detector 330 includes a first
flip-flop 410, a first buffer 420, a second flip-flop 430, a first
logic AND means 440, and a second logic AND means 450.
[0042] The first flip-flop 410 receives the middle input signal as
a clock signal, receives the recovery locking signal RLS in
response to the clock signal, and outputs the recovery locking
signal RLS. The first buffer 420 delays the recovery locking signal
RLS for a predetermined time. Specifically, the first buffer 420
has the same delay time as one of the delay devices constituting
the delay line 310. The second flip-flop 430 receives the middle
input signal MDINS as a clock signal, receives the output signal of
the first buffer 420 in response to the clock signal, and outputs
the output signal of the first buffer 420. The first logical AND
means 440 performs a logical AND operation on the output signals of
the first flip-flop 410 and the second flip-flip 430 and thus
generates the first move signal SL. The second logical AND means
450 performs a logical AND operation on an inverted signal of the
output signal of the first flip-flop 410 and an inverted signal of
the output signal of the second flip-flop 430 and thus generates
the second move signal SR.
[0043] Hereinafter, the operation of the phase detector 330 will be
described in greater detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.
[0044] If the phase of the middle input signal MDINS leads the
phase of the recovery locking signal RLS, the phase detector 330
generates the second move signal SR. That is, as shown in FIG.
5(a), since the recovery locking signal RLS and a signal generated
by delaying the recovery locking signal RLS for a delay time TI of
the first buffer 420 are at a low level, the output signals of the
first and second flip-flops 410 and 430 are also at a low level and
only the second move signal SR is at a high level and is selected.
As a result, the shift resister 340 controls the delay amount of
the delay line 310 in response to the second move signal SR and
thus phase-locks the middle input signal MDINS with the recovery
locking signal RLS.
[0045] If the phase of the middle input signal MDINS lags the phase
of the recovery locking signal RLS, the phase detector 330
generates the first move signal SL. That is, as shown in FIG. 5(b),
since the recovery locking signal RLS and a signal generated by
delaying the recovery locking signal RLS for a delay time T1 of the
first buffer 420 are at a high level, the output signals of the
first and second flip-flops 410 and 430 are also at a high level
and only the first move signal SL is at high level and is selected.
As a result, the shift resister 340 controls the delay amount of
the delay line 310 in response to the first move signal SL and thus
phase-locks the middle input signal MDINS with the recovery locking
signal RLS.
[0046] FIG. 5(c) illustrates a case in which the phase of the
recovery locking signal RLS is locked with the phase of the middle
input signal MDINS. In FIG. 5(c), both the first and second move
signals SL and SR are at a low level, and thus the shift resister
340 does not operate.
[0047] Here, the phase detector 330 may be designed using a dual
edge trigger flip-flop, in which case the resolution of the phase
detector 330 can be enhanced because the phase detector 330 detects
a phase difference between the middle input signal MDINS and the
recovery locking signal RLS by comparing the phase of the recovery
locking signal RLS with the phase of the middle input signal MDINS
at rising and falling edges.
[0048] As described above, the data recovery circuit according to
the present invention and the method thereof are capable of
simultaneously reducing jitter and locking time.
[0049] While this invention has been particularly shown and
described with reference to preferred embodiments thereof, it will
be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in
form and details may be made therein without departing from the
spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended
claims.
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